[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 211 (Friday, December 29, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S19304]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          DR. GEORGE McINTYRE

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I was born in Montpelier, VT. A great 
friend I had in Montpelier, VT was Dr. George A. McIntyre. Dr. McIntyre 
left this world this month at the age of 85. I can truly say Dr. 
McIntyre knew me all of my life because he was the man who delivered me 
as a child. He was a good friend, as is his wife, Theresa. He was also 
the model of the smalltown country doctor. He was someone who knew 
everybody in the town, respected by everybody in the town, loved by 
everybody in the town, and was there to help.
  My own memories, I recall as a child of about 12, becoming very ill 
with pneumonia, and Dr. McIntyre coming to our house, a doctor who 
always made house calls, bundling me up and bringing me to the 
hospital. Without his care, there is no question I would not have 
survived that bout of pneumonia.
  So I have been privileged, as have members of my family, to know him 
for all these years. I send my condolences to his wife, his children, 
and the other members of his family. He was a truly remarkable person.
  I ask unanimous consent that Dr. McIntyre's obituary which appeared 
in the Burlington Free Press be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the obituary was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

            [From the Burlington Free Press, Dec. 16, 1995]

                        George A. McIntyre, M.D.

       Montpelier.--George A. McIntyre, M.D., 85, of Loomis 
     Street, and a longtime area practitioner, died Dec. 14, 1995, 
     in Berlin Health and Rehabilitation Center of complications 
     due to Parkinson's disease.
       Born on May 3, 1910, in Burlington, he was the son of James 
     C. McIntyre and Emma J. (Wakefield) McIntyre.
       He received a bachelor of science degree from the 
     University of Vermont and an M.D. from UVM in 1935. Following 
     internship he opened a family practice in Montpelier.
       On July 10, 1941, he married Theresa Wilkinson in 
     Montpelier and to that marriage four children were born.
       From Sept. 2, 1942, until Feb. 3, 1946, he actively served 
     as a U.S. Army physician, principally in New Guinea and in 
     the southern Philippines. His military specialty was that of 
     chief of gastroenterology. His final rank promotion was that 
     of major. Postgraduate education was obtained at New York 
     Postgraduate Hospital, University of Chicago, Billings 
     General Hospital, and St. Luke's Hospital, also in Chicago.
       Dr. McIntyre was an attending physician at Heaton Hospital 
     and its successor, Central Vermont Hospital, for a total of 
     46 years and a member of Washington County Medical Society, 
     Vermont State Medical Society, and American Medical 
     Association.
       In addition to his regular practice, Dr. McIntyre was 
     medical consultant to Kinstead on upper Main Street in 
     Montpelier, a state-run institution; to New England Telephone 
     and Telegraph Co., IBM, Agway, and the Selective Service. For 
     several years, he was health officer for the City of 
     Montpelier and was attending physician at Vermont College for 
     31 years, serving under the administration of four presidents 
     and medical director of the former Heaton House.
       On May 15, 1981, Dr. McIntyre was awarded a citation from 
     the Vermont Medical Alumni Association, ``in recognition of 
     his many years of exemplary medical practice and outstanding 
     community service which reflects credit upon the medical 
     profession and epitomizes the ideal physician.'' He retired 
     in November of that year.
       Following retirement, he was director of the library at 
     Central Vermont Hospital for almost five years, president of 
     Washington County Cancer Society, newsletter editor of the 
     Lake Mansfield Trout Club, and a member of the club, a 
     Montpelier-based literary club. He also authored the history 
     of Christ Church (Episcopal) in Montpelier.
       Norwich University of Vermont conveyed recognition on Dr. 
     McIntyre by conferring on him an honorary doctor of 
     humanities degree during commencement exercises at Vermont 
     College on May 22, 1988.
       In a reading presented for inclusion in the Congressional 
     Record by Sen. Patrick Leahy in March 1989, Leahy stated, 
     ``Dr. McIntyre has been my family's doctor for as long as I 
     can remember. All the Leahys have come to depend on him for 
     his patience, caring, and advice. I have literally known him 
     all my life, as he is the physician who delivered me on March 
     31, 1940.''
       Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Theresa 
     (Wilkinson), whom he married June 10, 1941, in Montpelier; 
     three sons, James C. McIntyre of Montpelier, William A. 
     McIntyre of Nashua, N.H., and John S. McIntyre of Barre; one 
     daughter, Anne M. McIntyre of Melrose, Mass.; and two 
     grandchildren, Matthew and Julia Anne McIntyre.
       Services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in Christ Church 
     (Episcopal). Spring burial service will take place in Lake 
     View Cemetery in Burlington. Calling hours are scheduled 
     today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in Guare and Sons Funeral 
     Home, 80 School St., Montpelier. The family requests that 
     flowers be omitted. Memorial contributions may be made to 
     Central Vermont Hospital, P.O. Box 547, Barre, Vt. 05641.

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